THE SURVIVOR was the winner of BEST PERFORMANCES at the February 2018 Los Angeles FEEDBACK Film Festival.

Matthew Toffolo: What motivated you to make this film?

Mark Renshaw: The landscape of the near future (based on humanity’s current actions) does not bode well for us, or this planet. That’s why I came up with the concept of the Nearscape to reflect this. The Survivor film was something the team wanted to make to demonstrate what life could be like unless we take drastic action.

2. From the idea to the finished product, how long did it take for you to make this short?

It took about 8 months in total. I wrote the first draft in December 2016. We shot the film in March 2017, post-production took a few months and it was then released in August.